the country to tourists after a 2 year ban due to covid. it s six in the morning in singapore, and six in the evening in washington dc where in just 2 hours time, the hearing into the january 6 assault on congress last year is set to begin. committee aides say the evidence will show that mr trump was at the center of an effort to overturn the election result. but top republicans say the committe s work is illegitimate and a sham. barbara plett usher reports. it was an astonishing attack on democracy. the capitol, stormed by supporters of a defeated president trying to overturn the 2020 election results. the investigation into how and why it happened is the most sweeping ever conducted by congress. but much is already known because these graphic scenes played out on television screens in real time. we fight like hell, and if you don t fight like hell, you re not going to have a country any more. and president trump s fighting words that day echoed around the world. what happ
primaries today including california. bill: topping voters concerns is the price of gasoline. another day and all-time high. $4.91. we hit 28 new highs. the number more than doubling since biden took office. dana: 6 in 10 people are pessimistic on achieving the american dream. we begin at the white house with peter doocy. imagine, peter, the white house is you would think they re feeling some pressure. are you seeing any evidence of that? if they are feeling pressure, that s not exactly what they are saying at the microphone because as many americans including those polled are wondering what more can be done to lower gas prices, officials here are saying we ve already done it. like tapping the strategic reserves. a million barrels a month for six months. that is a big, big deal to be able to do. the home grown biofield, e-15 will help families in the midwest. we understand there is more work to be done but we re continuing to take steps and encouraged because of wh
welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i m arunoday mukharji. the headlines. the us congress prepares a primetime hearing of its inquiry into the january the 6th capitol riots. we hear from the widow of one of the policemen attacked while defending the capitol who went on to take his own life. he who went on to take his own life. said that january worst he said thatjanuary six is the worst day of his life. police officers showed up at my door and told me that he was dead. two british and one moroccan man fighting with the ukranian army have been sentenced to death. and japan takes its first tentative steps to reopening
president trying to overturn the 2020 election results. the investigation into how and why it happened is the most sweeping ever conducted by congress. but much is already known because these graphic scenes played out on television screens in real time. we fight like hell, and if you don t fight like hell, you re not going to have a country any more. and president trump s fighting words that day echoed around the world. what happened here was shocking. it was dramatic, and it was a year and a half ago. americans have a lot of other things on their minds right now. so the committee is hoping to grab their attention with a blockbuster event with video and testimony and new details, arguing that the threat to democracy still remains. the committee is determined to shape the narrative of that tumultuous day. it s focused on what the president did and when he did it. we were getting ready to win this election. frankly, we did win this election. from the point when he refused to accept thatj
the election and took steps to stop the steal , to the day when congress gathered to certify the vote, what was his goal? did he want his supporters to go this far? and were the militias who marched to the capitol part of a conspiracy directed from the top? more than 800 of the rioters have been charged. the big question is whether the president will also be prosecuted. i think that the committee believes he has committed crimes. a federaljudge has actually ruled that he likely committed a felony conspiracy to do what he did. but whether the justice department takes that view, i think that s going to be a much longer story. the story is also about the role played by trump s aides and loyalist republican lawmakers. the committee has examined their private communications. they rejected subpoenas to testify. and after initial criticism, the party has rallied around trump. john bresnahan was inside the capitol building the day of the riot. to see a crowd of americans openly attacking us